Hey all,
Yes, I'm still alive... I got this idea about 5 months back for a song, and I've worked on it here and there. As always, not sure how this would fit in, but I'm offering the song here for use in Wesnoth. Take a look, er, listen:

Rain wrote:I think this piece could work very well for Wesnoth. My only question is where?

I wondered that a bit myself. It's kinda loyalist'ish, but the prevalent triumphant and happy feel doesn't exactly make it ideal battle music. Actually, the 0:09-0:24 part (which is repeated later several times) is the only part I feel like is "too happy". The rest of the piece is just fine even as normal gameplay/battle music, in my opinion.

I wonder if you'd be willing to try to change that abovementioned happy hook into something...a bit less jolly? It seems like you've clearly originally meant it to be like that though, so maybe you don't want to to do that. Just a thought.

Rain wrote:I think this piece could work very well for Wesnoth. My only question is where?

I wondered that a bit myself. It's kinda loyalist'ish, but the prevalent triumphant and happy feel doesn't exactly make it ideal battle music. Actually, the 0:09-0:24 part (which is repeated later several times) is the only part I feel like is "too happy". The rest of the piece is just fine even as normal gameplay/battle music, in my opinion.

I wonder if you'd be willing to try to change that abovementioned happy hook into something...a bit less jolly? It seems like you've clearly originally meant it to be like that though, so maybe you don't want to to do that. Just a thought.

I was thinking that it might be used in places after some huge battle took place, and the next scenario seems a bit brighter (for a bit anyway).

zookeeper wrote:Agreed, it's good!
I wondered that a bit myself. It's kinda loyalist'ish, but the prevalent triumphant and happy feel doesn't exactly make it ideal battle music. Actually, the 0:09-0:24 part (which is repeated later several times) is the only part I feel like is "too happy". The rest of the piece is just fine even as normal gameplay/battle music, in my opinion.

I wonder if you'd be willing to try to change that abovementioned happy hook into something...a bit less jolly? It seems like you've clearly originally meant it to be like that though, so maybe you don't want to to do that. Just a thought.

I was thinking that it might be used in places after some huge battle took place, and the next scenario seems a bit brighter (for a bit anyway).

Sure, there are some places like that. "Return to Kerlath" in TSG for instance, or some epilogues. And/or this could play as the first track of some scenarios (after a huge battle), but not stay as part of the actual playlist of that scenario (since this might fit in the beginning, but shouldn't play again later when the actual fighting in that scenario has started), or something like that. All I'm saying is that a piece like this minus the triumphant happy bits would find itself into a lot more places.

Remember, I'm the guy who mostly wants to get rid of the still remaining old tracks and have them replaced with better, new ones. So unlike you composers, I'm not really after artistic perfection first. I'd be more content with a good piece replacing an old one and finding use in a dozen places than an absolutely fabulous new piece finding use in a handful of places. That's the background for most suggestions I make, and of course that's just my personal opinion too, so naturally composers aren't in any way obligated to take the same approach.

zookeeper wrote:Sure, there are some places like that. "Return to Kerlath" in TSG for instance, or some epilogues. And/or this could play as the first track of some scenarios (after a huge battle), but not stay as part of the actual playlist of that scenario (since this might fit in the beginning, but shouldn't play again later when the actual fighting in that scenario has started), or something like that. All I'm saying is that a piece like this minus the triumphant happy bits would find itself into a lot more places.

I'm with doofus on this one. The tune is very good, and overall I like it, but I think the arrangement makes it sound a little over-happy. In the last minute or so, in particular, the harmony seems somewhat overblown, and the triangle too (though the melody is still very nice).
Anyway, hope that was intelligible, and keep up the good work!